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No. 28743
Act No. 36, 2005
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18 APRIL 2006
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ACT, 2005
No. and year of
Act
Short Title
Extent of repeal or amendment
Act 63 of 1996
Sentech Act, 1996
1. Amendment of section 1—
(a) by the substitution for the definition of ‘‘broadcasting licensee’’ of
the following definition:
‘‘broadcasting service licensee’’
means broadcasting service licensee as defined in section 1 of the
Electronic Communications Act;
(b) by the substitution for definition of
‘‘broadcasting signal distribution’’
of the following definition:
‘‘broadcasting signal distribution’’ means the process whereby
the output signal of a broadcasting
service is taken from the point of
origin, being the point where such
signal is made available in its final
content format, from where it is
conveyed, to any broadcast target
area, by means of an electronic
communications process and
multi-channel distribution;
(c) by the insertion of the following
definitions:
(i) ‘‘Broadcasting Act’’ means
the Broadcasting Act, 1999
(Act No. 4 of 1999);
(ii) ‘‘Electronic Communications Act’’ means the Electronic Communications Act,
2005;
(iii) ‘‘ICASA Act’’ means the Independent Communications
Authority of South Africa Act,
2000 (Act No. 13 of 2000);
(iv) ‘‘related legislation’’ means
the Broadcasting Act, Electronic Communications Act
and the ICASA Act;
(d) by the deletion of the definition of
‘‘Independent Broadcasting Authority Act’’;
2. Substitution for section 5 of the
following section:
‘‘Main object and business of
Company
5. The main object and business of
the Company shall be to provide electronic communications services and
electronic communications network
services in accordance with the Electronic Communications Act.
3. Insertion of the following section
after section 8:
‘‘Application of Electronic Communications Act
8A. (1) The Electronic Communications Act shall apply in relation to this
Act, the Broadcasting Act and the
ICASA Act and any other legislation
applicable to broadcasting or electronic
communications.
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